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Fils Upset by Resurgent Tsitsipas at US Open
Stefanos Tsitsipas rallied after dropping the first set and won 4-6, 7-6 (7/3), 6-1, 6-4 as Arthur Fils fell in his opener.
- On Monday, August 31, 2026, Stefanos Tsitsipas of Greece upset 10th-seeded Arthur Fils of France in the first round of the US Open at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in New York.
- Although Fils led 5-3 in the second set, Tsitsipas, ranked 53 in the world, dominated the tie-breaker and claimed the final two sets to complete the comeback.
- Entering the match with a 5-0 winning record against Tsitsipas, Fils arrived with high hopes after recently winning the 1,000-level Masters tournament in Cincinnati.
- While Fils has missed multiple Grand Slam tournaments due to injury, the 28-year-old Tsitsipas leveraged his superior experience in the best-of-five sets format during their first major tournament meeting.
- Despite a middling record at Flushing Meadow, Tsitsipas has excelled at other slams, reaching the finals of the French Open and Australian Open, where he lost to Novak Djokovic both times.
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Spanish tennis player Carlos Alcaraz qualified for the second round of the last Grand Slam of the season, the US Open.
·Belgrade, Serbia
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After winning Cincinnati's Masters 1000 on August 23rd, the 22-year-old was an outsider for the title. He was beaten 3-1 games by the Greek, who had no longer beaten a top 20 member in the Grand Slam for more than three years.
·Paris, France
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As he arrived with great ambitions in New York, Arthur Fils was beaten by Stefanos Tsitsipas as early as the first round of the US Open on Monday. A counter-performance that the French had difficulty explaining afterwards.
·France
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The 28-year-old tennis player found himself losing 1-0 sets and 5-2 but turned the match around and continues in New York.
·Marousi, Greece
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- 37% of the sources lean Left, 36% of the sources are Center
37% Left
L 37%
C 36%
R 27%
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